Four Pakistan Army personnel were martyred in exchanges of fire with terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Waziristan districts on Tuesday, according to the military’s media wing. A statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Captain Muhammad Osama bin Arshad, 24, a resident of Rawalpindi district, was martyred during a fire exchange between security forces and terrorists in the district. “During the fierce engagement, own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, as
result of which two terrorists were sent to hell.”The ISPR added that he led his troops from the front and “having fought gallantly, made the ultimate sacrifice and embraced martyrdom”. The banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group claimed responsibility for the incident.
Paying tribute to the martyr, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the war against terrorism would continue until the menace was rooted out.
“The nation salutes the soldiers who stand like an iron wall against terrorists,” he said. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the nation would forever remember the martyr’s sacrifice and extended his condolences to the captain’s family…
Source:dawn.com/
Saturday, April 18, 2026
